Review: Arms of Love (The Song Company)
The Song Company’s Arms of Love is a revelation in musical programming, breaking all the rules of performing old music and arriving somewhere truly exhilarating.
September 3, 2022
Amanda Harris is a musicologist and cultural historian and is Senior Research Fellow at Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney. Her book Representing Australian Aboriginal Music and Dance 1930–1970 was published by Bloomsbury Publishing in 2020.
The Song Company’s Arms of Love is a revelation in musical programming, breaking all the rules of performing old music and arriving somewhere truly exhilarating.
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